Into the Pine Barrens with Angus Gillespie

For decades Angus Gillespie has combed the Pine Barrens, knocking on doors, chatting up strangers in taverns, slogging through trails in search of an elusive subject.

The Jersey Devil.

Gillespie, a professor of American Studies, having taught at Rutgers University for fifty years now. Angus is a leading New Jersey folklorist. Not only is he actually trying to track down the beast itself. He’s been researching the origin stories, gathering context so present and future generations of New Jerseyans can fully understand the Garden State’s greatest legend.

Join us as we dive into the subject of he Leeds Devil, and in the end perhaps come away with solving a mystery.